ROME - The Netherlands fell to another surprising loss and fellow continental powers Italy and Belgium also struggled in European Championship qualifying Monday, while Croatia showed off its goal-scoring credentials.

BLACKPOOL, United Kingdom - The pilot taking Canada's last flying Second World War heavy bomber home across the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday has "absolute confidence" in the 69-year-old Avro Lancaster's ability to make the journey after borrowing an engine from the Royal Air Force to replace one that had an oil leak that left the Canadian aircraft trailing smoke at the end of a flight earlier this month.